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72156 MRI SCAN OF UPPER SPINAL CANAL BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST
Low
$1
Average
$3.4k
Median
$1.8k
High
$1502.5k
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iThe hospitals that file a Cigna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.1k | $2.1k | $87 | 4% | 103 | $2.0k – $2.2k |
| 2 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO per diem · both | 3 | $989 | $875 | $164 | 19% | 43–52 | $644 – $993 |
| 3 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $1.5k | $1.7k | $842 | 51% | 34–52 | $381 – $3.0k |
| 4 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 31 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 5 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO per diem · both | 3 | $1.4k | $1.1k | $348 | 30% | 29 | $655 – $1.4k |
| 6 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $5.6k | $5.6k | $680 | 12% | 27 | $4.9k – $6.3k |
| 7 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS fee schedule · both | 3 | $920 | $1.1k | $600 | 56% | 24 | $413 – $1.9k |
| 8 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $4.8k | $4.8k | $857 | 18% | 11 | $4.0k – $5.7k |
| 9 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $267 | $267 | — | — | 11 | $267 – $267 |
| 10 | LEWISGALE HOSPITAL MONTGOMERY BLACKSBURG, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.5k | $2.4k | $368 | 15% | 8–80 | $1.3k – $2.5k |
| 11 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Edmond, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $795 | 22% | 6–60 | $2.9k – $4.4k |
| 12 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.1k | $3.2k | $660 | 20% | 4–40 | $2.6k – $4.0k |
| 13 | LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $7.4k | $6.3k | $2.2k | 35% | 4–40 | $1.9k – $7.4k |
| 14 | Atrium Health Hospitals Inc Kings Mountain, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.4k | $3.2k | $771 | 24% | 3–30 | $2.2k – $4.0k |
| 15 | DIGNITY HEALTH Gilbert, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $491 | 39% | 3–30 | $381 – $1.7k |
| 16 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · both | 5 | $497 | $393 | $194 | 49% | 3–30 | $8 – $514 |
| 17 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN case rate · both | 5 | $501 | $514 | $62 | 12% | 3–30 | $432 – $609 |
| 18 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN case rate · both | 5 | $501 | $514 | $62 | 12% | 3–30 | $432 – $609 |
| 19 | Progress West Hospital O'Fallon, MO per diem · both | 3 | $989 | $875 | $164 | 19% | 3–30 | $644 – $993 |
| 20 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.4k | $3.5k | $255 | 7% | 3–30 | $3.4k – $3.9k |
| 21 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $2.8k | $2.8k | $1.4k | 52% | 2–20 | $1.4k – $4.2k |
| 22 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO per diem · both | 3 | $989 | $875 | $164 | 19% | 2–20 | $644 – $993 |
| 23 | Beebe Medical Center Inc. Lewes, DE facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | 2–20 | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 24 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 25 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 2–20 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
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